Yep, its shareholders, not the sport of bowling. What could possibly go wrong? This might be cool if the PBA were independent and run by the bowlers, but as it is, I'm out.
One of the problems I have with shithead(Chad Murphy) is that he isn't treating USBC as a for profit company. I don't think the Bowlero deal is going to be good for bowling, but USBC needs to start thinking about taking care of their customers.
The biggest problem I have with Chad and therefore USBC is where they spend the money. Look around while you are bowling league. Pay attention to who is bowling, I would wager that it's a ratio of somewhere around 70/30 men to women. Also, notice the ages, locally the ages are older. There are a few young(under 40) bowlers, but the bulk of bowlers are 50+ in league I see. I mostly bowl in scratch leagues, so if I notice this trend in those leagues, it's probably even more pronounced in Handicap mixed leagues. USBC should exploit this trend in my opinion. Bring in the older guys and they will may bring in the ladies and younger generation to some extent. Or at least a few of their non bowling friends.
The part that pisses me off is the largest demographic group within USBC(males 50+) have the least number of tournament available to us. Females can bowl the open AND the "Ladies".
The focus(and money) is spent on PWBA, youth and college aspects.
Nope, I'm not bitter, but stay off my lawn anyway.
